I don't know how they can't kill him off finally, although I guess they could get him "permanently" stuck somewhere else.... I would hate that. I'm sick of him having his main bad guy just be another speedster - does that follow the comic tradition?

Lame, it is a flashback villain. Let me guess, in the flashback Oliver will be defeated by Lundgren, but he will appear in present day at the end of the season and then Oliver will win...............“In our flashbacks in Russia — we’re set in Russia this season — we are going to be bringing in Dolph Lundgren as one of our big bads,” executive producer Wendy Mericle revealed.

Lundgren’s character was actually mentioned toward the end of season 4, when Taiana referred to the Russian villain Kovar. “He is somebody we heard about in season 4,” Mericle told EW following the panel. “Kovar. We are going to bring him in and he’s going to be this super big badass guy who works for the Russian government, and is not a friend of Oliver or the Bratva. It’s part of Oliver’s promise to Taiana at the end of season 4 and it’s going to be interesting because it’s going to get complicated and very messed up very fast.”

Blue Jackets wrote:Source of the post Community is mad again and they have rebranded as a subreddit for The Punisher after an episode where Oliver and Felicity get married.

That's hilarious.

Ethan...why is everyone mad exactly?

Not sure. They just started a new 4 show crossover called "Crisis on Earth X." I only just watched the first part (there are 4 parts total). So far I like what they are doing with the crossover, but I know a lot of arrow fans on Reddit absolutely hate the relationship between Oliver and Felicity. Not surprised at the backlash. Just people looking for something to complain about.